Honkai, Kaslana's Way of Survival

After all, the more combat power you have that can eliminate Honkai and is close to an S-rank Valkyrie, the better.

"Senior Sister, you're the only one among us who has reached the Tai Xu Realm. If you can't find a way, what ideas could I possibly have?"

Ma Fei Ma sighed, quite helpless.

"Then do you have any news about the Red Sparrow Immortal? You're always wandering around outside; you should know more about the Immortal, right? If not, I'll go look for the Immortal."

Since Master said the Immortal ascended, there shouldn't be any news about her in the world. But no news is still a kind of news.

Kaino planned to give him a favor directly. And unlike his own master, if this old six also didn't know the Immortal's whereabouts, then he'd just take a stroll around Tai Xu Mountain and return to the orphanage.

Instead of searching for someone he's never met, doesn't know, and whom all of Shenzhou believes has ascended, it's more reliable to help the Father repair the God Key.

And maybe even the Father can fix the hidden dangers of the Sword Heart Sutra?

But as soon as he said those words, Kaino witnessed Ma Fei Ma's face undergo a transformation.

A subconscious surprise upon hearing his words, followed by hesitation and distress appearing on his face, and finally turning into resolve.

What's going on?

"Old Six, you have news about the Immortal?"

Ling Shuang, having clearly seen this scene, frowned.

"Yes, I saw Master with my own eyes, I would never mistake her. It's because of this that I came to find you, Senior Sister."

Cheng Ling Shuang's body stiffened almost imperceptibly.

Kaino, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow, pleasantly surprised.

He'd found the Immortal who had disappeared for decades? Was he really that lucky?!

However…

Kaino sized up Ma Fei Ma and Cheng Ling Shuang.

The master who had already ascended suddenly returned, so Ma Fei Ma came to find the reclusive Cheng Ling Shuang—Kaino could understand that.

But why did Ma Fei Ma put on such a display of changing expressions? And his master's expression wasn't quite right either.

However, Li Sushang was quite happy to hear that the Immortal Red Sparrow had returned, after all, she could be considered her idol.

"Grandmaster is back? Master, Master, can I go see her?"

Rarely paying attention to Li Sushang, Cheng Ling Shuang asked in a deep voice.

"Where did you see Master? How long ago was this?"

"Don't worry about them, just tell us directly, they'll find out sooner or later."

"Yi Xin Mountain Villa. When I passed by there, I wanted to stop by and see Seventh Junior Sister, but I found that the entire Yi Jian Mountain Villa was engulfed in flames. I made some inquiries nearby, and according to their descriptions, Master did indeed appear there."

Casting a glance at the pale-faced Li Sushang, Ma Fei Ma continued.

"After the fire subsided, I secretly went inside. It was full of corpses, and I couldn't tell which one was Su Yi… The time was a month ago."

Li Sushang got up in a panic, pushed open the door, and rushed out.

Kaino quickly followed.

Chapter 25: The Seven Disciples Slay Their Master

"How's Sushang?"

Seeing Kaino push open the door and enter, Cheng Ling Shuang asked softly.

"She's lying in the room right now. She's emotionally out of control and can't listen to anything, so I knocked her out."

Kaino sighed softly, looking at Cheng Ling Shuang and Ma Fei Ma with a rather complicated expression.

No Kaslana is truly stupid, especially since he had been studying with the Father for so long. Just from the situation just now, Kaino roughly understood what had happened.

The seven disciples killed their master and falsely claimed that the Immortal had ascended. But in the end, for some reason, the Immortal didn't die. After waking up, she took revenge on Li Sushang's mother first.

An entire mountain villa of people died because of it. For this reason, Kaino's mood was very complicated.

The master he had just acknowledged a few days ago participated in the act of killing the master but didn't completely kill her, and the resurrected Immortal turned around and killed a friend's mother, and countless innocent people died as a result.

What was this all about…

"Can you tell me? Master… I'll still call you Master for now, so, can you tell me what exactly happened?"

Kaino looked at Cheng Ling Shuang hesitantly and spoke.

"I said before that Master often went out, and we basically had no chance to communicate."

"So?"

I also said that the rule of the Tai Xu lineage is that those who are corrupted by the Honkai must be executed. And this rule was passed down by Master herself.

"And then?"

"Fourth Junior Sister was corrupted by the Honkai."

This sentence was taken over by Ma Fei Ma.

His voice was low and his tone was sorrowful.

"Fourth Sister has the same wenlu markings on her face as those who have fallen to corruption... but Fourth Sister is definitely not out of control, we don't want to kill her."

"So you saw me and immediately wanted to kill me under the guise of 'exterminating all who are corrupted'? And you said it with such righteous indignation?"

Kaino tapped the table.

"We can't bring ourselves to kill Fourth Sister. No matter what, she's been our Fourth Sister for over a decade."

Ma Fei Ma didn't directly answer Kaino's question.

Kaino narrowed his eyes, but wasn't angry.

"And then what? The Red Sparrow Immortal comes back and wants to kill her, so you kill your master who you've also been with for over a decade?"

"...We ambushed our master, killing her the moment she returned."

Because you didn't want to kill your fellow disciples who had fallen to corruption, you preemptively killed your master who raised you?

You guys are seriously messed up!

"Old Six, are you still trying to hide it at this point?"

Ling Shuang glanced at Ma Fei Ma, then looked at Kaino.

"Fourth Sister's corruption is just a catalyst, the real reason we ultimately committed patricide is something else."

"Please, elaborate."

"Su Mei has a grudge against our master, she personally killed her parents. And at the time, she was the one who organized the operation."

Kaino leaned back slightly, covering his face with his hands.

Not just you guys, that Red Sparrow Immortal is messed up too. Personally killing someone's parents, and then taking them as a disciple knowing they know about it, must be some kind of mental illness, right?

Even that Schicksal dog Otto might not be able to do something like that!

"Third Sister and Fourth Sister are twin sisters, whether out of self-preservation or sisterly affection, they have no reason not to give it their all. Therefore, under Su Mei's persuasion, the two quickly agreed."

Hearing this, Kaino nodded. He could understand this a little, after all, he also had a twin sister. And besides that, he also has a little sister in name, theoretically the culmination of all that is corrupted.

But it was only a little understanding. If he or Kiana were corrupted, and Schicksal came to kill them, although they wouldn't sit idly by, they would never resort to violence, but would run away together... maybe with Ziegfried too.

What's more, the person who came also raised them, and they couldn't be sure that they came to kill them.

But if it weren't for the persuasion of that person named Su Mei, would the two have chosen to run away together? He didn't know.

"Old Six... ha, what else could he be, but filled with guilt and completely obedient to Su Mei."

Kaino looked at Ma Fei Ma, who was looking down, his face a little pale.

"Filled with guilt?"

Kaino asked Cheng Ling Shuang.

"All those who practice Tai Xu Sword Qi are exceptionally talented, and the Sword Heart Sutra makes it even harder for them to fall to corruption. In this situation, why do you think Fourth Sister fell to corruption?"

Speaking of this, Cheng Ling Shuang glanced at Ma Fei Ma again.

"Because of him?"

"Yes."

Kaino took a deep breath, feeling complicated but unable to say a word.

"Master, let me ask. You said he's completely obedient to that Su Mei... is that Su Mei the one he married?"

"If that were the case, he'd probably be laughing in his dreams. In the end, he married First Sister, even though they were almost twenty years apart."

This sounds like there's some kind of story here?

"As for Old Seven, Li Sushang's mother... she had no intention of patricide. She participated in the operation entirely because she was coerced by Su Mei. I vaguely remember that she even wanted to inform our master on the day of the operation."

...So the only one who died, Li Sushang's mother, is the one who sounds the most innocent?

Kaino frowned and thought for a moment, then continued to ask.

"And then what about you, Master, and that Oldest One?"

"I don't know what First Sister was thinking, I only know that she also participated in the operation under Su Mei's persuasion."

"As for me, it's related to the Sword Heart."

"Sword Heart Sutra?"

Kaino didn't understand.

"Yes, Sword Heart Sutra."

Cheng Ling Shuang nodded and explained, "The Sword Heart Sutra has four realms, and the fourth, the Tai Xu Realm, not only allows practitioners to control True Qi with ease, but also brings a small side effect - this is something I only realized after killing my master and changing my obsession."

"Those who enter the Tai Xu Realm will have an unusual obsession with what they thought when they entered the Tai Xu Realm. The reason why our master was so obsessed with exterminating all who are corrupted must be because that became our master's obsession."

"And my previous obsession was to defeat our master."

Speaking of this, Cheng Ling Shuang closed her eyes.

"Of course, it's a fact that my strength is inferior to our master's. If it were normal, although the obsession was strong, I still wouldn't have the intention of patricide. However, under Fourth Sister's corruption and Su Mei's persuasion, I finally developed malicious intent."

"For this reason, I traveled the world after that, and then came to this desert in the north, and lived in seclusion here."

"So you're not going to stop Li Sushang from continuing her training? She's already achieved the Clarity of Mind."

Kaino was a bit bewildered.

"This kind of obsession is inherent in cultivators; the Tai Xu Realm merely amplifies it. For a few, it might even be beneficial. The reason I call it a side effect is simply because, without it, the matricide wouldn't have happened at all."

"Alright, well, she's your disciple, after all."

Kaino rubbed his temples.

So, to put it simply, the Red Sparrow Immortal was incredibly bold, daring to take in someone with a blood feud. Besides that, many of her seven disciples were exceptionally bizarre, and Su Mei was truly silver-tongued.

Sighing, Kaino placed his hand on Ma Fei Ma, circulating the power of life.

"You…?"

Ma Fei Ma was taken aback, looking at Kaino in confusion.

He thought that after learning the truth, Kaino wouldn't help him.

"You really don't have to do this."

Seeing this, Ling Shuang also spoke up.

"I was already prepared to be killed by Master. Or rather, all seven of us should die by Master's hand."

But the others didn't seem to think so.

Looking at Ma Fei Ma beside him, Kaino said, "Putting everything else aside, he told me the Immortal's whereabouts, and I'm healing him. This was decided long ago; a Kaslana doesn't easily abandon a promise."

"Besides, although Li Sushang dictated the Sword Heart Sutra to me, you haven't taught me the other forms yet, Master. But ultimately, there's still the debt of instruction between us. Watching you die would make me no different from you all back then."

"So, at least as far as you're concerned, I guarantee you won't be killed by the Immortal."

Kaino said.